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County committee approves $2.00 million award for Broadway Avenue resurfacing in Oakwood
Summary
The Cuyahoga County Public Works procurement and contracting committee voted to forward Resolution 20250062, awarding up to $2,004,831.95 to Vondra Brothers Construction to resurface 1.39 miles of Broadway Avenue in Oakwood; the project is 80% federally funded with the 20% local share covered by Issue 1.
Cuyahoga County’s Public Works procurement and contracting committee voted to forward a resolution awarding a $2,004,831.95 contract to Vondra Brothers Construction to resurface 1.39 miles of Broadway Avenue in the village of Oakwood.
The award, read into the record as Resolution 20250062, was described by Nicole English of Cuyahoga County Public Works. "There were seven total bidders that came in," English said, and the engineer’s estimate for the work was $2,380,300. She said the low bid from Vondra Brothers is roughly 15.8% below that estimate.
English said the project is funded 80% with federal aid administered through NOACA and that the county secured the 20% local share through Issue 1 funding. She told the committee ODOT set a 7% DBE (disadvantaged business enterprise) goal for the project and that the apparent low bidder meets that goal. "I can send you a list of their subs," she said when asked who met the DBE goal.
Council members pressed staff on scheduling and road condition. English said the contractor expects to begin in the spring — "they're saying they think March" — and that the work is planned as a one-season job to finish by the end of fall. She noted the pavement condition rating used when programming the project was 57, which she described as "fair to poor," and that NOACA and ODOT post and supplement condition ratings used to prioritize federal-aid projects.
Traffic counts for the corridor were cited at about 15,600 vehicles per day. English explained typical cost-sharing practice for federally funded projects — splitting the 20% local share between the county and the municipality — but said this particular project received the full 20% local share from Issue 1, the voter-approved state program that she said brings roughly $20–30 million a year into the county.
A motion to suspend second reading and forward Resolution 20250062 to full council was moved by Councilwoman Conwell and seconded by Councilman Schlepper; the committee voted in favor. The chair asked staff to add "Councilman Robert Schlepper" to the resolution as a supporting member.
The committee also approved routine minutes from the Jan. 22 meeting earlier in the session.
Next steps: the resolution will move to the full county council for final action and ODOT was listed by staff as the federal agency seeking prompt confirmation of the award.
